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trill

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« on: 23 Aug 2005, 22:30 »
Most mainstream kids music drives me crazy, so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of good kids music? I've got a nanny-ish job, watching a four year old, and I need something that he'll like to listen to in the car and such.

I'm going to pick up a They Might Be Giants CD tomorrow, but past that I have no idea.

Any ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: 23 Aug 2005, 22:44 »
The Beatles is very inoffensive if you're too young to understand all the drugs references. I am told that when I was four, I already knew all the words to 'I Am the Walrus'.
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« Reply #2 on: 23 Aug 2005, 22:46 »
The obvious choice is The Misfits.
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« Reply #3 on: 23 Aug 2005, 22:46 »
My four year-old niece loves '70s and '80s cheese like Abba, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, etc. Kids usually go for anything poppy, not just generic "kids music".
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« Reply #4 on: 23 Aug 2005, 22:55 »
My parents used to put on Cash and Dylan when I was a kid.  Jefferson Airplane, too.  And The Who.

Pinball Wizard for the win.



Also, I eventually figured out what White Rabbit was about when I hit high school.  That led to endless confusion as to why my parents would put that on for me when I was a kid.

Then I realized my parents were hippies when they were young, and it all snapped into place.
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« Reply #5 on: 23 Aug 2005, 23:41 »
There is currently a German song by an artist named "Schnappi." I believe the song itself is "Schnappi," but apparently it could also be "Das Kleine Krokodil."

Anyways, it's an electric piano, a hi-hat, and an adorable German kid singing over top of it. The lyrics, when translated, are about a young crocodile who is teething.

Expose the child to this song, for it is wonderful.
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trill

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« Reply #6 on: 24 Aug 2005, 00:09 »
See, this is never a problem when I watch my neice, her favorite song is Coin Operated Boy.
I was raised on 80's punk from the siblings and clasic rock form the parents, so I have trouble sometimes with people who aren't like that...
I'm hesitant to listen to anything even remotely not appropriate with him around because his family is like, the most wholesome people on earth.
I guess early Beatles would work.

Johnny C, I'm downloading the song you suggested now.
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« Reply #7 on: 24 Aug 2005, 00:22 »
Emerson Lake & Palmer aren't a bad choice, either.
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« Reply #8 on: 24 Aug 2005, 00:28 »
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I'm hesitant to listen to anything even remotely not appropriate with him around because his family is like, the most wholesome people on earth.


Yeah, Coin-Operated Boy is probably not appropriate, then.  I mean, isn't the song pretty much an ode to her vibrator?
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« Reply #9 on: 24 Aug 2005, 00:33 »
SHHHHH.

Also, sp2, have you ever tried calling "1-800-SCABIES" because if not then I'm serious it's a good laugh.
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« Reply #10 on: 24 Aug 2005, 00:38 »
I don't want phone scabies from phone sex!  I already caught phone syphilis!

Phone syphilis is pretty gross.  Nasticky fluid drips out your ear and you get a burning sensation whenever you listen ot loud music.


On another note, "Phone Syphilis" could be a good name for a band.
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« Reply #11 on: 24 Aug 2005, 01:20 »
kids love wierd al.
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« Reply #12 on: 24 Aug 2005, 01:31 »
Not as much as kids love Jello Biafra
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« Reply #13 on: 24 Aug 2005, 01:54 »
Maybe try a bit of "They Might Be Giants"?
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« Reply #14 on: 24 Aug 2005, 02:01 »
Wow.  Man, you're perceptive.  Dude, I don't know how you could have thought of that.  You must be a genius.  I mean, shit, none of us would have thought to read trill's post.

Okay, done with the sarcasm.

But seriously.  Misfits.
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« Reply #15 on: 24 Aug 2005, 02:23 »
I'm going to raise my kids on Slayer and Maiden.
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« Reply #16 on: 24 Aug 2005, 02:47 »
We all live in a yellow submarineee, yellow submarineeee, yellow submarineeee.
I used to listen to the Beach Boys when I was little because my mum loves them. The Beach Boys aren't terrible. Unless you don't like the Beach Boys... Urm...
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« Reply #17 on: 24 Aug 2005, 03:04 »
Yeah, The Beatles are a good choice, I liked them when I was a kid.
Also, play "Puff The Magic Dragon", that was my favorite song when I was a kid and every kid who dislikes this song is 1. not really a kid at all 2. not human.

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There is currently a German song by an artist named "Schnappi." I believe the song itself is "Schnappi," but apparently it could also be "Das Kleine Krokodil."

Anyways, it's an electric piano, a hi-hat, and an adorable German kid singing over top of it. The lyrics, when translated, are about a young crocodile who is teething.

Expose the child to this song, for it is wonderful.

Do not listen to this man. I am from the country who spawned this child of Satan and once you expose kids to it, they will want to listen to it again. And again. And again.
And in the end, everyone under the age 16 involved will be stupid and everyone over the age 16 involved will be filled with a murderous rage and will end up strangling the kid. And that would mean no nanny job.
Do you want that? No. I bet you don't.
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« Reply #18 on: 24 Aug 2005, 04:31 »
But on the video it dances like an egyptian... :(

Just kidding, I'm neither for nor against this song, but I'm sure in prolonged circumstances it could get very old, very quick.
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« Reply #19 on: 24 Aug 2005, 12:07 »
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phone sex

I promise you no phone sex is involved.
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« Reply #20 on: 24 Aug 2005, 13:27 »
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The Beatles is very inoffensive if you're too young to understand all the drugs references. I am told that when I was four, I already knew all the words to 'I Am the Walrus'.


Hell yea!!! But my first Beatles song was Yellow Submarine. I sang it alllllllllllllllll the time when i was a wee one.
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« Reply #21 on: 24 Aug 2005, 13:54 »
Anal Cunt.



Well, technically, if you played "Picnic of Love", since I'm sure 4 year old's aren't very receptive to sarcasm and irony.
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #22 on: 24 Aug 2005, 18:06 »
Um, Try the Toy Dolls-Nellie the Elephant. Also culture club, I grew up on Karma Chameleon.

My nephews (5 and 3) have very varied musical tastes. They like the Beatles and the Pixies. They sing all their songs in perfect timing with perfect words. They also like a bit of the pistols and some SLF (but i wouldnt suggest you teach them those). They used to listen to Queen too, but Bohemian Rhapsody wasnt a good thing to be singing in school...

Just make sure the tune is upbeat and he lyrics dont sing about sex, drugs or death in clear simple words and you're alright. Kids tend to liek what you like cause they respect you and your choices. (although the nephews prefer my musical taste to my little sisters, cause they like "R&B", and we like geetars)
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« Reply #23 on: 24 Aug 2005, 18:11 »
Wait, what's wrong with Bohemian Rhapsody and school's now? My school's totally kickass orchestra played that song.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #24 on: 24 Aug 2005, 18:18 »
I used to listen to my Dad's REM when I was a kid - early stuff like 'Superman' (obviously cos it's about Superman!).

I wonder how Deerhoof would go down... (Panda, panda, panda etc.).

Also maybe the Decemberists?
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« Reply #25 on: 24 Aug 2005, 19:52 »
Depending on the kid they might dig Tom Waits. Makes me think of Where The Wild Things Are.

Does not liking kids music includes classic stuff like the Muppets, Sesame Street and Really Rosie? Cause those are still part of my usual musical rotation.
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« Reply #26 on: 24 Aug 2005, 20:24 »
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Just make sure the tune is upbeat and he lyrics dont sing about sex, drugs or death in clear simple words and you're alright.


My favourite childhood songs included:

Marc Almond - Days of Pearley Spencer
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
Meatloaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
Bob Dylan - Masters of War
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango

Not refuting you, just saying, if you want to raise a screwed up morbid little gee...awesome dude like me, chuck in some variety. My family used to sing along in the car to both the classic Tom Lehrer albums when I was about six or seven, which, looking back on it, I appreciate is probably not at all normal. But the upshot is I had an endless playground stock of songs about drugs, sex, nuclear war, sadism and animal abuse.
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« Reply #27 on: 24 Aug 2005, 22:16 »
All of Yellow Submarine... maybe that's why I'M so messed up... hrm...
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« Reply #28 on: 25 Aug 2005, 04:10 »
Does it really have to be specifically kids music? Play them a bit of everything. From Belle and Sebastian through Beck to some metal band that also starts with 'Be'. See what they like, work from there.
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« Reply #29 on: 25 Aug 2005, 07:29 »
Kidz Bop's cover of Float On. And, if you can stand it, I liked Metallica when I was 10.
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« Reply #30 on: 25 Aug 2005, 10:32 »
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Does it really have to be specifically kids music? Play them a bit of everything. From Belle and Sebastian through Beck to some metal band that also starts with 'Be'. See what they like, work from there.


"And what is your favourite band little Timmy?"
"BEHEXEEEEN"
"Why is that little Timmy?"
"THEY PROMULGATE PURE ANTI-CHRISTIAN HAAAAAATE"

That's what my kids are going to be like anyway.
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« Reply #31 on: 25 Aug 2005, 10:46 »
This presupposed that there's a girl out there who will let you get close enough to her to get her pregant.  I'm not even talking about sex, here.  I'm talking about spiking her tampons with semen.*


I'm pretty sure that couldn't work, but it's still a funny idea nonetheless
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« Reply #32 on: 25 Aug 2005, 10:50 »
...And that's why some people shouldn't reproduce :P

I'd go with Schnappi. Over and over. Melt the little runt's brain. They're easier to control that way.
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« Reply #33 on: 25 Aug 2005, 10:59 »
I'm still holding out for Misfits.

I suggest Earth AD.
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« Reply #34 on: 25 Aug 2005, 16:50 »
Shush, i'lm fing someone

don'y make me get emo

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« Reply #35 on: 25 Aug 2005, 18:09 »
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Emerson Lake & Palmer aren't a bad choice, either.


After 10 seconds of thinking "WTF bad!" I realized that this is actually a really good idea. I think my mom used to play my brother and me "Trilogy" on long road trips which is why it is now my favorite song to listen to in cars (besides "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" and "Nitro-Burning Funny Bong").

Speaking of "Every Day...", The Dandy Warhols are great for kids. Play 'em "Sleep", and they'll do just that, guaranteed. Jimi Hendrix, especially Electric Ladyland. Gustav Holst's "The Planets" [classical with class beyond class]. The Clash definately. The Aquabats are also a definate must. If they go for that, you can play them The Phenomenauts.

I'm probably gonna raise my kids on Gwar, Mike Patton, ragtime, and power-jazz. Heh.
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« Reply #36 on: 25 Aug 2005, 18:43 »
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Khar's so damned
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« Reply #37 on: 25 Aug 2005, 19:12 »
Yeah, I need to take my dick in my hind, there's just too much space inside your mum.

Boo-ya

And I've sobered up too.
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